# 破産法 / Bankruptcy Act — 第二百三十八条 (Article 238) - Law: 破産法 (Bankruptcy Act), 平成十六年法律第七十五号 - English title "Bankruptcy Act": Ministry of Justice translation - Kind: Act — the distinction between 法律 (Act), 政令 (Cabinet Order), 省令 (Ministerial Order) and 条例 (local ordinance) decides who may issue it and what it may say. - Provision: 第二百三十八条 (Article 238)（破産者の単純承認又は相続放棄の効力等） — address `art-238` - Text in force since: 2026-05-21 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-238 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-238 - Every provision below carries its address and both URLs on the line under it. - Japanese text: e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁). English: as marked on each line below. Only the Japanese as published by the government has legal effect; the text below is a copy of it. Every English rendering below is a translation and says which kind: the Ministry of Justice's translation, or this site's machine translation, whose model and date the Sources list names. They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ### 第二百三十八条（破産者の単純承認又は相続放棄の効力等） — (Effect of Unconditional Acceptance of Inheritance or Renunciation of Inheritance by the Bankrupt) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-238 · https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-238 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-238 **第一項** 破産手続開始の決定前に破産者のために相続の開始があった場合において、破産者が破産手続開始の決定後にした単純承認は、破産財団に対しては、限定承認の効力を有する。破産者が破産手続開始の決定後にした相続の放棄も、同様とする。 art-238/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-238/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-238/par-1 If inheritance commences with regard to the bankrupt before an order commencing bankruptcy proceedings is made, unconditional acceptance of inheritance made by the bankrupt after an order commencing bankruptcy proceedings is issued has the effect of qualified acceptance vis-à-vis the bankruptcy estate. The same applies to renunciation of inheritance made by the bankrupt after an order commencing bankruptcy proceedings is issued. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 破産管財人は、前項後段の規定にかかわらず、相続の放棄の効力を認めることができる。この場合においては、相続の放棄があったことを知った時から三月以内に、その旨を家庭裁判所に申述しなければならない。 art-238/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-238/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-238/par-2 A bankruptcy trustee may acknowledge the effect of renunciation of inheritance notwithstanding the provisions of the second sentence of the preceding paragraph. In this case, a bankruptcy trustee must submit a statement to the family court to that effect within three months after they came to know that the inheritance had been renounced. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-238/par-2: 前項 → 破産法 第二百三十八条第一項 (Article 238, paragraph (1)), art-238/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-238/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-238/par-1 ## Cited by 4 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 破産法 第七十八条第二項第六号（破産管財人の権限） — https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-78/par-2/item-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-78/par-2/item-6 - 破産法 第二百三十八条第二項（破産者の単純承認又は相続放棄の効力等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-238/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-238/par-2 - 破産法 第二百四十条第四項（相続債権者、受遺者及び相続人の債権者の地位） — https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-240/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-240/par-4 - 破産法 第二百四十二条第三項（限定承認又は財産分離等の後の相続財産の管理及び処分等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/bankruptcy-act/art-242/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000075/art-242/par-3 --- ## Sources - e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁) — 破産法 — the text in force from 2026-05-21 (https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/416AC0000000075/20260521_505AC0000000053), retrieved 2026-10-19 - Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — Bankruptcy Act — Ministry of Justice translation (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4895/tb), retrieved 2026-10-19 - This site's parser, version 204 — 破産法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-10-19